At least 160 demos are planned in towns and cities across France on Monday evening to protest over judicial failings over the killing of 11-year-old Lyhanna.
Anger has been growing in France over "unacceptable" lapses in the judicial system over the killing of the girl after it emerged that the main suspect had been repeatedly accused of sexual offences against children in the past, but the investigations had either been dropped or stalled.
Feminist organisations and those representing child sexual abuse victims have called for demos to be held on Monday evening outside local courthouses against what they say is a long-standing and systematic failure by the court system to take violence against women and children seriously.
Demos have been confirmed so far for 160 locations including Abbeville, Libourne, Saint-Étienne, Nanterre, Bordeaux, Dijon, Brest, Nantes, Aix-en-Provence and Paris, mostly starting between 6pm and 7pm.
Speaking to France Info, Anne-Cécile Mailfert, president of the Fondation des femmes, pointed out that 94 percent of rape complaints are dismissed.
